(a) Provided thirty days notice is given in accordance with Ohio R.C. 715.26(b), should any nuisance not be abated by the owner at the expiration of the time stated in the orders of the Board of Nuisance Abatement or such additional time as the Board of Appeals may grant, the Board of Nuisance Abatement shall be authorized, at any time thereafter, to cause entry upon such premises, and the owner shall permit such entry to abate the nuisance by demolition and removal of the structure.
(b) In abating such nuisance, the Board of Nuisance Abatement shall obtain the abatement thereof by private contract and the costs of such private contract shall be paid for from municipal funds specifically authorized by Council in order to abate such public nuisance. The cost of such abatement action shall be recovered from the owner in the following manner:
(1) The owner shall be billed for the cost of the abatement by mailing such bill to the owner, by United States certified mail with return receipt requested; by personally serving the owner with a copy of such bill at the usual place of residence of the owner. If service of such bill is not perfected by any of the hereinbefore described methods, then the billing notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Municipality once a week for two consecutive weeks.
(2) If the owner fails to pay the cost of such abatement within sixty days after receipt of the bill, after its delivery to his usual place of residence, or aforesaid newspaper, the Municipality shall cause the cost of the abatement to be levied as an assessment against the property recovered in accordance with the authority granted by Ohio R.C. 725.261.
(Ord. 697. Passed 8-6-84.)